1977 WCT Tournament of Champions

{{Short description|Tennis tournament}}

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{{TennisEventInfo|1977| WCT Tournament of Champions||

| date=March 10 — September 17

| edition=1st

| category=World Championship Tennis

| prize_money=$200,000

| draw=16S

| surface=Clay / outdoor
Carpet / indoor

| location=Lakeway, TX, US
New York, NY, US

| venue=World of Tennis Resort
Madison Square Garden

| champs={{flagicon|USA}} Harold Solomon {{cite web|title=1977 Tournament of Champions WCT – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/new-york/2059/1977/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}

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}}

The 1977 WCT Tournament of Champions, also known by its sponsored name Shakeys Tournament of Champions, was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the 1977 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the first edition of the tournament and was held in Lakeway, Texas on March 10–13 (upper half of the draw) and July 10–13 (lower half of the draw), with the final played in the Madison Square Garden, New York on September 17, 1977. Harold Solomon won the title and earned $60,000 first-prize money.{{cite book|title=World of Tennis|year=1978|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|location=London|isbn=978-0354090391|page=177|editor=John Barrett}}{{cite news|title=Tennis tourney begins today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YtIfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NNYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2550%2C1365894|newspaper=Gadsden Times|date=March 9, 1977|page=16|access-date=September 20, 2016|archive-date=May 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517100200/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YtIfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NNYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2550%2C1365894|url-status=live}}{{cite news |author1=Jim Sarni |title=Solomon outlasts Rosewall in WCT |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/232294106/ |work=Fort Lauderdale News |date=September 17, 1977 |page=6B |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}